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Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre |
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Tried and tested Animal Welfare Organisations accept that the ABC program has been proven to be the only humane way of controlling the street dog population and eliminating rabies worldwide.  Post-op care at the KAT Centre
In many parts of India, the ABC programme has proven very successful and KAT uses well-established projects in Jaipur and Kalimpong as models. The project in Kalimpong which started in 1998 has already resulted in an estimated 80 per cent reduction of street dogs. In addition, the number of human deaths from rabies has fallen from 25 to 30 a year, to zero in five years. |
What we doABC & Rabies Vaccination Programme
Concentrating on an area of the city at a time, trained staff pick up a quota of female dogs and take them to the KAT Centre. Here, each dog is registered by the veterinary staff, who will record the health of the dog and the neighbourhood from where it was picked up. After being allowed to settle for 12-24 hours, the dog is:
Animals treated so far (as of June 2008)
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© Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre | Chapali Gaon, Budanilkantha, GPO Box 8975, EPC 4120 Kathmandu, Nepal | Tel: +977 1 4373169 |
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The Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme started in May 2004 and operates along the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for management of stray dog populations.
After a recovery period of up to six days, the dogs are released back into the same neighbourhood in which they were caught. With our current facilities, 100-120 female dogs are sterilised, vaccinated against rabies, dewormed and treated for existing illness or injury each month. Around 20-30 dogs are rescued, treated for illness or injury and returned to where they were picked up every month.